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E. IK. BAKER. MOUNTING Foa TIRES. 'APPLICATION HLED MAR. 20. 17912.

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5. K. BAKER.' Y MOUNTING FOR TIRES.

' APLICATION FILED MAR.20. 1912 Patentell Oct. 5, 1915. A

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f cnIGAGo, {Int-.molan ConronA'rIoNoF 'ILLINois'j i- -knownj am. L Emili-larga Citiz'en f the United-States, and a. residentz of Chicago, l Cookcounty., Illinois, have 'invent j jed certain new and useful Improvements JinA Mofntings for Tires, of which the following.

is a fulltrue,e1ear,1.andexactdescription.

' Myinvention relates. to improvements in tire 'and' has par 'cular reference 1.0 tires having nonlstretchable base 'a-.riin ofthe Dunlop type, but it shouldnt once be understood thatmy invention is t 'rally my object is to provide a-anged adapted to receives non-stretchable or.

nonfelxpansible hase bead tire Which-.shall- 'serve a'sfa carrier for 'the tire in'intlated c'on-1 dition-1 4vv'hic'n shall be formed to be easily .placed upnbandremoved Afrom such f a tire; and l which shall materially reduce the manufacturingcost of'rirns for tires of this type.-

2-0' A .further 'object'of my invention isto 3- the.

35 ailing .rim .di ed to .be heid .i

:provide-'a'- rim of fthe above character which compriseia' minimum number 'of loose 'andwhich'shallbe formed to inter-.

a complementary wheeltofprevent relative4 rotation of the-.rim and the invention comprises a hanged. tire# .carrying rim' having a portion of its 'circumference' VYremoved and thereby; provided with a gap-between its ends which permits the" --ri-m to befe'asily' reduce `injdiameter-for insertion' within and withdrawalbfroma .tire

'having t' 'nomshetduble base, and..- a,. gap

'position between the en ofthe rim.

invention further consists in a` flanged tired rim com d of a maior'anda minor part, the majo'r 'part being of such-a"1ength the-minor part :it-this line nearlylilling the Y vspese"between the ends of themajor part.

- My invention'further'consists inthe novel features of construction and in th'e combinal tions ofparts' hereinafter fully described f and particularly ed clanns. 5g My'inventin will be more readlly understood by reference to the' accompanying Hilrawin-gs forming a. part of this -speciiical tion, and in which;

' Figure l is a sideelevation, partly in 55 section of an automobile EWheel and illus- .tween the ends o' 1th formed'with integraltire retainin one at each edge, and-I 'am enabled. duce this style'ofti-rel mounting at a much lowermanufacturing cost than that o'farim pointed out in the append- Fig..2 is an enlarged view-of the portion ion orpart in place bei? e major -port1on; and Fig. .bis an-enlar d; detail sectional vie'w 'syndication of Letters ratent.' Patentedoff5 1915;' apliueaig'n 'nica-mmh zo, 1912. semina-685,102.' d

through one of the;,elampi n`g 'deviCestaken upon' the line' eff Fig.' 1.

I have. shown myn invention' as' applied-to' equally applicable 'if-'tothe c'z'lencher. typeffof maticjtype which" have non-.stretchable base beads, have' usually been .mounted upon" rims. one flange atleast of which is remov character are more or less dangerous :and unsatisfactory, -111 that a removable rim' 1s' from its position .and lthereby permitthe es? cape of the tire. By` means ofiny invention 4I am enabled to mount a tire having 'esubstantiallfyl non-stretchable-base 'uponwrim to prf havinga 'removable flang'e. I make the rim jwin the. Jform of-ag ringsp'litor cut at one. point of itscircurnference', and I am enabledianges thereby to"drawf'or spring one end-fof the.

rim` to ward its center and thereby reduee'the diameter and circumference ofthe rimfsuilif cently to -permitits insertion Within -the tire. Once the rii'n has-been placed within the ti-re, itl can readily be enla-rg'edin di'a'neA 'ter and circumference to properly seatth'e* 'tire thereon.l To facilitate the operation' o f decreasing the-circumference of. the rim,"I

make the rim of such a length that when it is positioned within the tire its ends are somewhatsepara-ted. This feature-is oi considerable value in rims that are relativelyv stiiA as it would not be advisable to -bend or spring one end of'such a rim inwardly sui-. ciently to overlap the opposite end. In rims. of this character the ends can simply be drawn toward each other and this contracts' them 's uiiicient'ly; so that their anges will pass through .the tirein the operationof mounting or demounting the tire. I fill-the gap'or snace between the endsof the rim by maltemperatlire, so that when the. parts bea risectionofr-rtlife: hold this 'section in 'place by ineans .of a bridge plate which overlaps Vand connects with 'the' ends ofthe rim. I malrel small section'of su'ch a length'that when tion it does not quite lill the space between vthe ends of the rim, theparts being ati nor'- com'e 'more heated'iand the rim eitpands in length, the lengthening ofthe may 'be taken care of without permitting the rim to enlarge its diameter. At' such time that a rim is thus' lengthene-d, it is retained in firm contact with its clamping devices by Ameans of the* cumulative' pressure of the pneumat-ictire -forfwh-ichv the rim serves as a car- 'As shown in the drawings the wheelis of the ordinaryy type composed of a hub, spokes and telly 2, andis provided with 'a telly bandf having an annular rim retaining flange or seat 4. at one edge,` and the wheel isprovid'ed-with a plurality'of rim clamps 5,-.- space'd around the fel-ly of-the wheel and adapted to -form a removable rim seatpat the other ed e of the felly.y Thetireri'm 6,-'is-of the; unlop tvp'e and is provided with a., substantially,- cylindrical or. Straight middle portion-V 7 borderedrby inwardly inclined bearing portions 8, which endv in outwardly extending tire flanges 9 the edges 10 of which are curved outwardly. The tire 111 has -a basewhich fits within the angedrim 6, `and its base beads 1=2 are providedfw-ith a metallic 'ca-ble 13-or are 'otherwise formed i'il'i's'ueha manner that they -are substantially nonex-pansi-ble or non-stretchable: The 4tire rim 6 comprises awma-jor portion 14 which is somewhat shorter'thanthe-inner peripher;r of the tire so'thatitsends 15 arefseparated. 'They are relatively* lengthened.` either bv wear or b v 55. expansmn. due to. increase d'f temperature,

the ends 15 may approach each other without enlarging the diameter of the' rim. I retain thissection 16 in place between the ends of therim b v means of a plate 17- which is conformed to the inner. peripher)T of; the rim and overlaps the ends thereof. Each end of the rim is provided with in wardli'7 extending projections 18. and the plate 17 isv provided with complementar)7 holes 19 to receive these projections and -ftowar'dl each other. referred to above.

. bolt 26.-

thereby tie the ends of lthel The. openings 19 are somewhat elongated,

-as shown in Fig. 3 to' permit the slight '.'tir'e valve 20. The tire valve ris rthreaded and is provided with a nut 21 adapted to reta-in the plate V17in position once the parts have been assembled. The valve stem thus acts as a bolt toclamp'these two-parts together.- To. reduce the number of loose parts-in the device. I prefer to rigidly Vmount 'the plate 17 upon the' lrim -section 16 bv means of rivets or other fasteners 22. f I

make the projections 18 longenou'gh -toeter into'holes orsockets 23 formed'in the periphery' of the wheel, and they thereby interlock the rim with the Wheel, Ato' prevent its circumferential' movement thereon;

I- make the wheel somewhat smaller in diameter than the. .rim and thereby provide an 4annular space '2l between the inner :face of the rimA and the outer periphery yof the wheeh and I make use of this spacefor 4`tluinsertion ofthe clamps 5, 'as 4hereilfiafter described. Each of the rimV clamps 5 comprises a nut 25 fixed to the felly adjacent the periphery of the wheel and adapted-to receive the threaded end of va clamping This bolt extends through the felly andcarries a rim clamp 2T rotatabhY mounted on the shank of the-bolt beneath with a collar 29 which is adaptedl to forcibhY withdraw thecla'mp 26 from its clamping position-when the .bolt is rotated'to withdraw it f -romthe nut. The clamp 4Z''' is conformed on its outer end to the .inner surface of the bearing portion '8 offthe Arim and provided with a wedging toe'portion 30= adapted to enter the annular space 24.

The clamp 2T is provided with ashank or tail portion 31 which hasa slottedope'nin-g 32 for the reception-0f the -bolt Q6 adrbv means of which it .isfmounted upon---thev bolt. Thisclamp is adapted vto '-beheld firmly against the face olithe felly'and 'is held .rim'dly in such position when serving to retain the rim upon the wheel. as indicated-- in Fig. 4. These members thereh)T providea removable rim seat-upon oneedge of the fell)7 of snbstantiall)7 the same circumference as the rim seat provided bv the annnlarflange 4 upon the other side of the ellv. I make the tire rim 6 of such a size that when the tire is firmlyv mounted upon the wheel and the parts are at normal temperature. a. relative@ small space will be provided between each end of the rim and the adjacent end of the minor section 1G..

due to heat to become loosened uponp-itsgo rim Seats, 'itwill be' held in firm contact therewith by the compressive action -of thev pneumatic tire,4 it beingnnderstood that this compressiveaction amounts' to 'many'4 tons pressure.

As many modifications of myv invention willreadily. suggest themselves to one skilled in the art,- I donot limiter-confine my invention tothe vspecific-forms or strilc- ..turesherein-shown ,and described@ 'Having -thus folly described my. miention Iclaim as new and desire to secure. by

Lettersl Patent.

'Wliich terminatev in integral' outwardly ex '20 1.-A tire'carrying rimi'n tl1e'form.o'f'a split ring the ends thereof being separated 4to form a gap, said rim having a substaiih tially cylindrical. middle portion bordered by 'outwardly inclined bearing portions tending tire. engagingA and retaining iia'DgeS, a relatively short rimsectin snbsta'ntially identical' cross sectional shape #with therimarranged between the ends 'oi 'theA rim and substantially illi'ng thefgap, a

bridge platel conformed to .and with the in- I ner periphery 'of the rim spanning' the gap and meansior' connecting the bridge meub ber to the ends o'f the rim and means imf `movably xing the bridge-'member' to the removable section, vsubstantially as 'described.

2. A anged tire carrying rim in the for-m cfa 'rin c ut apart at one point. and

thereby provi ed with `a, gap, a rim section substantially fiJling-thegap, a bridge'plate arranged'l against the inner' periphery of the rim spanningthe gapfinw'ardly projecting dow'el pins on the ends of the rim, lsaid bridge plate being' provided with elongated' openings receiving said dowels and thereby connecting the ends of therir'n together and means immovably securing the removable rimsection to the bridge plate, substantially asde-scribed. n

3. A flanged tire carrying rim-in the form of a rin-g'severedf at one point and thereby provided -with a gap, a'removable rim secremovable section and loosely connecting the' described. l, 4.-A anged tire carrying rim1d1vided 'rim together, vsub stanti'aily as -circumier entrally into a major and a minor 1 portion, the major portion havin inwardly extending tapered projections a jacent its ends', a bridge plate arranged against' the inner periphery 'of the rigidly connected to the minor portion 'and .provided with openings to receive Said projections, substantially as described'.

l5'. A 'flanged tire' carrying' divided circumferentially into a major andl a minor portion, the major portion having'inwardly' extending tapered projections adjacent its ends, a bridge plate arranged against the innerper-ipherv of the-rim rigidlyoom'lccted' to the minorl portion and-provided with openings to receive said dowels, said minor portion and bridge plate havingregistering 'openings forming a valve stem hole, substantially as described.

6.l A main transverselysplit tire-containingrimhavingr a relatively small gap, in combination with fa single removable sec- 'tion' of tire-containing form adapted for insertion in said gap'and substantially llsame, a bridge member immovablyfse- 'cured to the removable section and of greater length than said gap, studs on the main tire containing rim adjacent the -ends thereof, said bridge' member containing openings to permit engagement 'of thel bridge member with the studs.

7,. A main transversely split tire-containing rimhaving a relativ y small gap in combination )with a single 'removable section of tire containing form adapted for insertion into said gap, and adapted substantially to close the same, a single bridge member immovably secured to said removable section, both the bridge member-and removable section being provided with an opening for the valve stem of' a pneumatic tire,- stnds on 'the main tire-containing rim adjacent the vends thereof, said bridge member containing 'openings for the admission of said studs.

In testimony whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand,'this 12th day of March, 1912, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ERLE K. BAKER.. Vitnesses v:

EDWARD F, WILSON, JOHN R. LEFEVRE. 

